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It's always Earth Day here 24/7 365. From Wikipedia: Earth Day  is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events  worldwide  are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network [1]  and celebrated in more than 193 countries each year. [2] On Earth Day 2016, the landmark  Paris Agreement  is scheduled to be signed by the United States, China, and some 120 other countries. [3] [4]  This signing satisfies a key requirement for the  entry into force  of the historic draft  climate protection treaty  adopted by consensus of the 195 nations present at the  2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference  in Paris. In 1969 at a  UNESCO  Conference in San Francisco,  peace activist   John McConnell  proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be celebrated on March 21, 1...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed the landmark climate accord reached in Paris as strong and historic, calling it the best chance to save the planet from the effects of global climate change. "Today the American people can be proud because this historic agreement is a tribute to American leadership. Over the past seven years, we've transformed the United States into the global leader in fighting climate change," Obama said. http://www.aol.com/article/2015/12/12/obama-calls-paris-climate-pact-best-chance-to-save-the-planet/21282641/

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/703169/archbishop-cupich-backs-pope-francis-call-to-save-planet

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7606804

May everyone have a safe and happy 2014!

Project: Home -- Recycle your Christmas - By SEAN MURPHY-Correspondent We all love getting our Christmas trees, don't we? Sometimes we escape into nature to trudge up hills through inclement weather and cut the tree down ourselves — an invigorating, rewarding and primal hands-on approach.  View Full Story

http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/11/11/roadshows-to-highlight-greener-office-products/ From Berkeley: Reuse, recycle, refill: writing the future with green pens BERKELEY — While conducting a "waste audit" on select campus trash bins, sustainability-minded Berkeley students discovered not just to-be-expected coffee-cup lids but a surprising assortment of oddball plastic items, from plastic bags to pipette trays and contact-lens cases. "I had a whole team of four trying to figure out what each plastic was," recalls fourth-year student Kristen Klein, coordinator of the Zero Waste Research Center, a project funded by students via a grant from The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) ."We separated the plastics out, Nos. 1 through 7," and wrote a "huge report" on the campus's plastics footprint, she says.

From Canada Free Press: You probably know that recycling a plastic beverage bottle recaptures its value and keeps it out of the local landfill. You may also know that the bottle can live a second life in a container, carpeting, playground equipment, automobile parts, sleeping bags, shoes, luggage, other plastic containers and even clothing. But have you ever wondered exactly how the plastic bottle that you toss in the recycling bin becomes a new T-shirt or rug? The transformation from beverage bottle to new product begins at a recycling facility that receives large bales of used plastic bottles. The bottles are compressed into bales to reduce transportation costs and energy.  These bottles already have been pre-sorted, so each bale should contain only one type of plastic: polyethylene teraphthalate (PET), the type of plastic most commonly used to make pop, water, juice, sport drinks and other beverage bottles. The Recycling Journey of the Plastic Beverage Bottle

http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanmcpherson/2013/09/16/an-innovative-way-to-recycle-electronics/

http://theweek.com/article/index/243491/could-digital-grocery-stores-help-save-the-planet

http://earth911.com/news/2013/03/13/mail-back-recycling-programs/

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/361962/3/A-new-way-to-recycle-your-cell-phone Looks Fun :)

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=214201

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/01/recycle-gadgets-2013-edition/ I've got some stuff...

From TUAW: http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/05/ibuku-pets-lets-you-recycle-your-old-iphone-by-giving-it-to-your/ Sent from my iPhone! I recycle old iPhones to relatives! You know who you are :)

http://www.clevelandbanner.com/view/full_story/20931457/article-CHS%E2%80%88students-committed-to-eliminating-waste-by-recycling?instance=latest_articles Way to go! :)

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/11/22/wales-passes-50-recycling-target-for-the-first-time-91466-32289799/#.UK6krSr_zUU.mailto

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-11-16/news/fl-palm-public-recycling-20121116_1_blue-bin-jennifer-buce-kate-krebs

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-11-16/news/fl-palm-public-recycling-20121116_1_blue-bin-jennifer-buce-kate-krebs#.UKfeCQjzptc.mailto

NorthJersey.com - Recycling numbers are dropping in some towns - http://www.northjersey.com/news/177806491_Recycling_numbers_are_dropping_in_some_towns.html

Here comes Santa Claus, and he's going green Read more:  http://www.cdispatch.com/lifestyles/article.asp?aid=19865#ixzz2AfJULOTO

How to go Green in your retirement http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/On-Retirement/2012/10/18/7-ways-to-go-green-in-retirement

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